Prices in the global carbon market are too low to provide an incentive for Cambodian businesses to engage in carbon offset schemes, but there are other options for businesses to gain funds for emission reduction, industry experts say. Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day educational <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-explores-carbon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese sports brand aSICS has agreed to pay compensation to the families of victims who died in a factory collapse in May, a brand representative said. aSICS Corporation managing executive officer Ron Pietersen, who arrived in Phnom Penh on Friday, said the company profoundly regretted the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asics-compensates-killed-workers-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The result remains hotly disputed, but Cambodia’s recent general election has put long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on a collision course with a resurgent opposition and revealed widespread unhappiness with his iron-fisted rule. While analysts aren’t writing off the chances of the politically ruthless Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-vows-mass-protest-over-cambodian-election-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian political analysts say the opposition is now facing a dilemma, as public pressure continues for a just solution for alleged election fraud. That has limited the opposition’s ability to deal for a political solution, analysts said this week. However, with the return of King <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/analysts-see-conundrum-for-opposition-in-political-dealing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Monks marching toward Phnom Penh to mark International Human Rights Day on Tuesday in front of the National assembly have continued to receive a cold reception from some pagodas along their way and blocked a national road Thursday afternoon in protest. about 100 marchers, including several <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-on-peace-walk-block-national-road-to-protest-ill-treatment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sand-dredging boats were active along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Tuesday, despite the city’s municipal governor, Pa Socheatvong, having ordered a complete suspension of dredging in the city the day before. Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday put in place the temporary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sand-dredging-boats-active-one-day-after-ban-announced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Jubilant conservationists expressed hope on Tuesday for the survival of the critically-endangered Giant Ibis after a nest of the bird species was discovered in a previously unknown habitat in northeastern Cambodia. Habitat loss and poaching has pushed the Giant Ibis to the edge of extinction, with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-giant-ibis-found-in-new-cambodia-habitat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) Vice President Nhim Vanda on Wednesday lauded the flood response work of the Cambodian Red Cross and government, at a workshop to discuss the country’s National action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction where several participants focused on the lack <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ncdm-lauds-flood-response-ngo-calls-for-better-coordination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Beehive Radio director Mam Sonando said yesterday that he was forced to postpone a planned demonstration in support of his bid for a television license as he had given authorities insufficient notice of what he hoped would be an ongoing protest. On Friday, Sonando &ndash; whose <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-postpones-protest-for-tv-licence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government yesterday warned foreigners to stay away from opposition protests against a hotly disputed election as thousands of riot police practised crowd control in the capital. authorities and security forces would “avoid potential clashes at all costs” said the government in a statement released <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-warns-foreigners-to-stay-away-from-poll-protests-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy has registered his name on Monday in the voter list at the registration station located in the commune of Chak angre Ler, Meanchey district. By registering his name he’s able to apply to become a lawmaker in parliament. Speaking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-registers-name-in-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned to court four people involved in a land dispute with a private company in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak I commune, including two victims of a snake-throwing incident in October, over alleged violence and theft. On October 30, a bag <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victims-of-cobra-throwing-summoned-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of the opposition CNRP in Canada have sent a letter to the Canadian government asking that it clarify its stance on the results of Cambodia’s national election after a former Cabinet minister took part in an international observer team that deemed the elections free <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-asks-canada-to-clarify-stance-on-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While Cambodia is often touted as a regional success story in terms of HIV/aIDS prevention, the prevalence of the disease among men who have sex with men, sex workers and intravenous drug users remains a concern, according to a report by UNaIDS released Tuesday. Infections have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-rate-of-hiv-infection-among-intravenous-drug-users/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Motorcycle-taxi and tuk-tuk drivers led a motorized rally of about a thousand people through Siem Reap City on Wednesday to call for lower petrol prices and a ban on the use of electric cars in the angkor archaeological Park. The rally, organized by the Phnom Penh-based <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taxi-drivers-hold-rally-against-electric-cars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mobile payment company Wing and the Foreign Trade Bank (FTB) of Cambodia on Monday announced they had joined forces to expand the bank’s already-existing prepaid Visa card network in an effort to make it easier for locals without bank accounts to have access to electronic <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wing-foreign-trade-bank-partner-to-offer-prepaid-visa-cards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environment Minister Say Sam al is scheduled to visit Koh Kong province today, while a representative of Chinese-owned company Union Development Group said the minister is expected to pay a visit to their 45,000hectare land concession, which has been the cause of a long-running land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environment-minister-to-visit-udg-project-in-koh-kong-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) is calling out telecommunications firm Mobitel over a TV ad that shows a young Cambodian man who is shocked and dismayed when he meets, on a blind date, what appears to be a transgender woman. Lasting about 60 seconds, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cellcard-advert-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>